Deb and Friends: Quest for Connection artwork

Deb and Friends: Quest for Connection

67 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 150 ratings

Deb Bowen, spiritual educator, discusses the intersection of spirituality, metaphysics, and science with occasional guests from many fields..

Spirituality Religion & Spirituality deb bowen spirituality sacred geometry ecology physics nature mysticism alchemy channeling crystals
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Episodes

5-20-2020 A Phoenix, a Selkie, and a Minotaur Join a Podcast... Episode 64

May 21, 2020 01:00 - 18 minutes - 15.8 MB

For as long as I can remember, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Celtic tales have fascinated me. I've studied the symbolism that they bring to the world, and to me personally. In this episode I touch on three of my favorite myths, and am happy to continue to add more over the next few episodes.  

5-6-2020 Sacred Geometry and You! Episode 63

May 07, 2020 01:00 - 37 minutes - 33.8 MB

The Divine Ratio works in your life every day, and you may not even know it.  Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen as we explore the magical world of sacred geometry - from pyramids to pine cones to your own body!  FInd out how you can connect to this amazing world that bridges science, math, and spirit! 

4-22-2020 Earth Day with Crystalologist Joel Hawkins Episode 62

April 23, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Crystalologist Joel Hawkins and anchor host Deb Bowen rebroadcast our Earth Day episode from 2018 this week.  Given the world circumstances, the information and discussion presented is even more relevant to us all - and Mother Earth - than it was originally.  

4-15-2020 Eternal Internal Pilgrimage Episode 61

April 16, 2020 01:00 - 18 minutes - 16.4 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen as we journey on a sacred pilgrimage to ourselves.  In these trying times, we are offered an opportunity to see ourselves and our place in the world in a very different way.  This podcast episode offers you tools for self-discovery and support along the best journey you'll ever take.

4-0-2020 Dispatches from the Magdalene Episode 60

April 10, 2020 01:00 - 12 minutes - 10.5 MB

Join anchor host Deb Bowen as she discusses the most recent missives she's received from the being who presents as Mary Magdalene.  We all have work to do during this pandemic - but there is hope and a shining ray of light that is the Holy Grail of connection among us all!  

3-25-2020 Your New Relationship with Time Episode 59

March 26, 2020 01:00 - 19 minutes - 16.7 MB

Time morphs and stretches in the new reality of "social distancing" and "self-isolation," as we work and learn from home.  One of the lessons we're learning is how we view the time we have, whether it's how we spend our days or the rest of our lives.  In this episode anchor host Deb Bowen discusses ways you can navigate this new reality in a kinder, more gentle way that honors yourself and the world around you.  

3-18-2020 Insights for the Times Episode 58

March 19, 2020 01:00 - 20 minutes - 17.8 MB

In a departure from Deb's usual podcasting style, she brings stream-of-consciousness ideas, insights, and guidance that we all can use in these troubling times.  More than anything else, she brings hope and a firm message about the connectedness of us all.

3-11-2020 Rebroadcast: Exploring the Hard Questions Episode 58

March 12, 2020 01:00 - 23 minutes - 20.8 MB

We ask the difficult questions this week, that take us to the core of who we are and what we believe.  This is a rebroadcast of an earlier episode.  

3-4-2020 Spiritual Tools To Honor Spring Episode 57

March 05, 2020 02:00 - 36 minutes - 32.6 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen as we discuss ways to celebrate the coming of Spring.  Build an altar, sing, celebrate spring traditions from many lands.  Find the child within you - and more!

2-26-2020 UrsaAlchemy Astrology and How the Planets Guide Us Episode 56

February 27, 2020 02:00 - 51 minutes - 46.6 MB

Ursula Duffy, of UrsaAlchemy Astrology joins anchor host this week as we soar to the stars and planets, seeking meaning, myth, history, guidance and more!  Ursula guides us through Mercury Retrograde, and gives tips on how to work with an astrologer for clarity and insight.  

2-19-2020 Symbols and Why I Believe What I Believe Episode 55

February 20, 2020 02:00 - 29 minutes - 25.7 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen this week.  We discuss the meaning of symbols and signs in our lives, and how they impact our beliefs.  Why do we believe what we believe? What cultural, spiritual, and personal events and people influence our beliefs? How have they changed - or not - over time? What do you see as the reason for beliefs? The list of questions - and answers - is endless!

2-12-2020 Interview: The Fox & The Foxhound Podcast Hosts Episode 54

February 13, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

"The Fox and the Foxhound: Love, Marriage, and Harry Potter" is a relatively new podcast hosted by relatively newly-wedded couple Amanda and Kevin Wilson.  Amanda is a long-time Harry Potter fan, and Kevin had never read the books until Amanda insisted.  Now, Kevin's reading and the two of them bring the wizarding wisdom of Harry Potter world to us each week in this great podcast. Deb Bowen, your Quest for Connection anchor host, is delighted to interview this couple in an Quest episode that ...

2-5-2020 Mystical You Episode 53

February 06, 2020 02:00 - 31 minutes - 27.6 MB

Join anchor host and spiriual educator Deb Bowen this week as we explore the many faces of being a mystic, and learn seven ways to help you know your own mystical qualities.

1-29-2020 Celebrating Imbolc and a Ritual Honoring Brigid Episode 52

January 30, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes - 20.6 MB

Join spiritual educator and anchor host Deb Bowen this week as we discuss the universal meaning of the Celtic holiday called Imbold, and as we honor the goddess Brigid.  The holiday celebrates the time of year when Mother Earth is awakening from her winter slumber, and commemorates Brigid, the goddess of holy wells, fire, smithery, poetry, milk, and early lambs and calves.  Finally, this episode provides you with structure and form that may help you create your own Imbolc ritual.  

1-22-2020 Exploring the Hard Questions, Episode 51

January 23, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes - 20.8 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen as we explore the difficult questions in our lives.  There are so many aspects to the hard questions, and the answers are shown to us in puzzling bits and pieces, and sometimes not at all.  Sometimes the answers come over many years, and sometimes in flashs of insight.  We hope you tune in!  

1-15-2020 We're Back!! Waking Up in 2020

January 16, 2020 02:00 - 32 minutes - 28.6 MB

Join anchor host Deb Bowen as she reintroduces Deb & Friends Quest for Connection podcast to the world!  If you're one of those people having a spiritual awakening, this episode is for YOU!  Learn some ideas that will help you on your journey and will guide you through the phases of the process.  It's a brand new year, and it's time to see clearly with your mind, heart, and soul!  

Kneeling at the Sacred Well: Vesica Pisces and the Feminine Divine Episode 50

September 04, 2019 01:00 - 29 minutes - 25.9 MB

Vesica Pisces, the "vessel of the fish," is the basic building block of sacred geometry.  The symbol also adorns the cover of the well at Chalice Well Gardens, said by many to be where the mundane world crosses into the holy isle of Avalon and where the spirit of the Goddess dwells. Join me in this exciting episode to learn more about what Vesica Pisces can mean in your life.  

Rebroadcast: Litha Ritual and Summer Solstice, Episode 49

June 22, 2019 01:00 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MB

In this episode, we rebroadcast our 2018 episode that offers a celebration of the pagan holiday of Litha and discusses the meaning of Summer Solstice.  Join Deb Bowen, spiritual educator, and Roger Lockshier, shamanic practitioner for this exciting event!

6-18-19 Interview with Lori Morrison about "The Shaman's Guide To Power Animals"

June 19, 2019 01:00 - 48 minutes - 43.4 MB

Join Deb for this exciting interview with Lori Morrison, author of The Shaman's Guide to Power Animals. She is a best-selling author, inspirationalist and mystic. She is part of a rare breed of lightning shamans who have received a spontaneous awakening of shamanic knowledge. Lori first journeyed into the shamanic underworld in 2010 where she found the spiritual realm of Power Animals.  Her teachers were Mayan Ancestors who took her through a two year initiation with the spirits of four Jagua...

5-2-19 The Council of Elders Offers Promise and Hope: Dale & Deb, Episode 47

May 03, 2019 01:00 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MB

You know how frightening the news is these days, how much strive and uncertainty,  If you're like most of us, you feel helpless and hopeless sometimes.  Tune in to this exciting podcast episode to hear new information that Deb has received from the entity that channels information to her as Mary Magdalene, and that Dale Rutman's Guide Anhu has given her.  They say there is a light at the end of the tunnel!  Some of the suggestions they make are deceptively simple - others require much conside...

4-23-19 What's Prayer Got To Do with It? with Deb and Sheri Episode 46

April 24, 2019 01:00 - 51 minutes - 45.9 MB

If you've ever experienced a "dark night of the soul," when you believed that prayer doesn't work, when you do know to whom you're praying, and you believe your prayers go unanswered, this episode is for you!  Deb and Sheri question much about the process of prayer, and offer some solace and hope for us all in these troubled times.

4-9-19 New Missives from the Magdalene with Deb and Roger Episode 45

April 10, 2019 01:00 - 52 minutes - 47.1 MB

For months now Deb has continued to receive information and guidance from an entity that presents as "Mary Magdalene."  Deb updates you in this episode with recent material, and discusses with Shamanic practitioner ways in which we can follow the directives the Magdalene lays out for us, if we are to save ourselves and the planet.  Many people around the globe are receiving the same messages, and Deb is honored to bring concrete ways to us in which our connections to each other can grow.

Interview with Phyllis Curott from PsychicTeachers Podcast

March 07, 2019 02:00 - 23 minutes - 20.7 MB

As you probably know, Deb also hosts the internationally reknown PsychicTeachers podcast.  This broadcast is an interview that Deb and cohost Samantha Fey did with Phyllis Curott, best-selling author and Wiccan priestess.  She has a new book out with Hay House.  In addition to being excited about airing this episode on Quest for Connection, we're attempting to determine what the current issues are with PsychicTeachers, its host platform Spreaker, and iTunes that preclude episodes from airing ...

2-1-19 Blessed Imbolc: A Ritual with Deb and Roger Episode 43

February 02, 2019 02:00 - 31 minutes - 27.8 MB

"Imbolc," the holiday between Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, honors the slowly awakening Mother Earth and the Brigid, the Celtic Goddess of sacred wells, fire, smithery, poetry, milk, early lambs and so much more.  Join anchor host spiritual educator Deb Bowen and co-host shamanic practitioner Roger Lockshier as we explore the depth and meaning of Imbolc and Brigid, and how our lives can be positively impacted by this connection.  

1-21-19 Questing for Common Ground Episode 42

January 22, 2019 02:00 - 52 minutes - 47.2 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen this week as she celebrates Quest for Connection podcast's one year on-air anniversary.  We discuss how the words we use have power and bring connection to ourselves and the world around us.  Deb offers suggestions on ways you can build connection and open yourself up to the blessings of the cosmos.

1-9-19 Healing Energy with Sheri Perbeck and Deb Bowen

January 10, 2019 02:00 - 51 minutes - 46.1 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen and her co-host Sheri Perbeck, psychic medium, as we discuss healing energy.  Energy really is all there is, and how we work with it to heal ourselves, our fellow beings and Mother Earth herself is the topic of this week's exciting episode. We've been on hiatus since Hurricane Florence, and we're happy to be back with you, bringing you the best in discussions about connectedness to ourselves and the world around us!  Happy New Year!  

11-29-18 The Gift of the Darkness Episode 40

November 30, 2018 02:00 - 51 minutes - 46.2 MB

During this darkening time of the year in the northern hemisphere, when there are more hours of darkness than of light each day, is something with which we struggle.  Culturally, we light up the world earlier and earlier each year with holiday lights, and individually we fill our time with clutter and noise.  It's hard to go within, to sit with the darkness and the stillness.  Join anchor host spiritual educator Deb Bowen and shamanic practitioner Roger Lockshier as we look for ways in which ...

11-20-18 "And Learn To Winter-Appreciate" Episode 39

November 21, 2018 02:00 - 42 minutes - 37.9 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen as she discusses the depth of meaning of this dark time of the year, and why being thankful isn't enough.  We must feed our souls with a sense of who we are, where we truly live, and where we are going as the Wheel of the Year spins deeper into darkness before the returning of the light.

11-8-18 Ley Lines, Vortices, and Earth Chakras Episode 38

November 09, 2018 02:00 - 54 minutes - 49.3 MB

Ley lines - those spiritual energy lines that grid Mother Earth, the swirling vortices of energy that are found in mystical places, and the chakras that guide Earth's energy flow are fascinating.  Learn how they - and the polar shifts - affect us all.  Join anchor host and spiritual education Deb Bowen, and psychic medium and past life regressionist Dale Rutman for this exciting Quest for Connection episode!  

Quest for Connection Samhain Ritual Episode 37

October 31, 2018 01:00 - 23 minutes - 20.4 MB

Samhain is the Celtic word for "Summer's end," and this week we celebrate this harvest holiday and honor our ancestors in a special ritual presentation.  Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen, shamanic practitioner Roger Lockshier, and special guest Rachel Wurz as we bring to you our connection to our ancestors, the spirit world, and our community through this ritual.

10-17-18 What Your Past and Parallel Lives Teach You Episode 36

October 18, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MB

Anchor host Deb Bowen is joined by psychic mediums Dale Rutman and Sheri Perbeck as we resume broadcasting after the hurricanes!  What can you learn about you PRESENT life from your PAST LIVES?  Are those lives really in the past, or are you living parallel existences?  Join us for this fascinating topic as we discuss the spirituality and science related to it.

In the Eye: Connection Lessons We're Learning from Hurricane Florence

September 27, 2018 01:00 - 39 minutes - 35.3 MB

Anchor host Deb Bowen, a lifetime beach gal, has lost everything she owned to hurricanes twice. She was fortunate during Hurricane Florence, but some of the Quest for Connection team members have lost so much.  The storm isn't over just because it's no longer the focus of national media attention, and Deb explains why.  Join Deb as she explores the need now, more than ever, for us to be connected to each other and Mother Earth, and ways we can do that through lessons learned in this storm.

The Holy Grail and You Episode 34

August 22, 2018 01:00 - 43 minutes - 39 MB

NOTE: The very end of this episode was cut off, but you're only missing Deb wishing you a good week and good Questing! Join anchor host Deb Bowen as she discusses how the Holy Grail has been a lifelong symbol for her personal search for truth, and how she channels information from a entity who presents as Mary Magdalene.  Deb offers ways in which this symbol and information can aid you on your quest!  

8-14-18 Holding Sacred Spaces with Deb Bowen Episode 33

August 15, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

Join spiritual educator Deb Bowen in this episode hosted by Dale Rutman, psychic, medium, and past life regressionist.  For months, Deb has introduced you to her cohosts and their work - now it's her turn (said Dale!).  Hear about Deb's journey from traditional Christian to paganism, and learn about her work, her writing, her teaching, her beliefs - and so much more!  

8-7-18 Silent Rituals Episode 32

August 08, 2018 01:00 - 59 minutes - 53.4 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen, spirtual seeker Susan Bollinger, and psychic medium and past life regressionist Dale Rutman in this enlightening episode.  We discuss those small things we do every day that are more than routine and habit, and that enhance our connection to Spirit.  Find out how you can work with these rituals too!  

7-31-18 Questions and Answers Episode 31

August 01, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

Join anchor host Deb Bowen and the Deb & Friends Quest for Connection podcast team as we answer questions you've sent us via our facebook page and on email.  In this beyond-comprehension universe, it's fun to ponder questions we may or may not be able to answer.  We also answer some of the questions you sent us about ourselves!

7-24-18 Sophia - Angel of Wisdom - Can Guide You! Episode 30

July 25, 2018 01:00 - 55 minutes - 49.9 MB

Join anchor host Deb Bowen, spiritual educator, and angel communication Sheri Perbeck in this fascinating episode.  Sheri explores the angel Sophia and other members of the angelic realm, and discusses how angels support us every day.

7-17-18 Spirit in the Mundane World Episode 29

July 18, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB

Join anchor host Deb Bowen, spiritual educator, and her co-hosts Dale Rutman, psychic medium and past life regressionist, and Kimberley "Fox" Coffman, spirit animal reader, as we discuss the challenges of staying connected to our spiritual path while doing the laundry and going to work and and and!!!!  

7-10-18 How Shamanism Today Can Be of Service To You Episode 28

July 11, 2018 01:00 - 59 minutes - 53.7 MB

Join anchor host spiritual educator Deb Bowen and Roger Lockshier, shamanic practitioner in this informative episode.  We discuss what shamanism looks like in the modern world, its roots in indigious cultures, and what a modern shaman does - and does not - do today!  Roger also offers a beautiful connection to the energy of the five directions at the beginning of the hour!

7-3-18 Magic All Around and Within Us Episode 27

July 04, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen, psychic Anita Self, crystalologist Joel Hawkins, and spiritual seeker Susan Bolllinger as we discuss magic in its many forms.  Is magic something you do, or is it something you are?  How to the many definitions of the work influence how we see the world around us, and ourselves?

6-26-18 Ghosts and Spirits and How They Help Us Episode 26

June 27, 2018 01:00 - 57 minutes - 51.9 MB

Anchor host Spiritual Educator and Mediums Sheri Perbeck and Dale Rutman explore the differences between ghosts and spirits in this exciting episode.  Learn how both can be of service to you!  

CORRECTED Summer Solstice and Litha RITUAL Episode! Episode 25

June 21, 2018 01:00 - 58 minutes - 52.7 MB

In the first half of this episode anchor host Deb Bowen and shamanic practitioner Roger Lockshier discuss the science, history, and spiritual meanings of the Summer Solstice and the Celtic holiday of Litha.  In the second half of the hour, we offer you a ritual for this lovely summer holiday!  

6-19-18 Summer Solstice and Celebrating Litha Episode 24

June 20, 2018 01:00 - 37 minutes - 33.5 MB

In the first half of this week's podcast episode, join anchor host Deb Bowen, spiritual educator, and Roger Lockshier, shamanic practitioner, as we discuss the spiritual meanings associated with the Summer Solstice in various cultures.  We also discuss the Celtic holiday of Litha and its importance to us today.  Then, in the second half of the episode, join us for an audio ritual honoring the season!

6-12-18 The Afterlife - What's It Like? With Deb and Sheri Perbeck Episode 23

June 13, 2018 01:00 - 59 minutes - 53.9 MB

Join anchor host Deb Bowen and Angel Communicator, Psychic Medium and Educator Sheri Perbeck as we delve into the fascinating topic of life on the other side - across the veil - heaven..... many names for the "place" we go when we die.  What do we do there?  How long do we stay? Who do we meet - so many questions and lots of ideas!  Join us!  

6-5-18 Coming To Our Belief Episode 22

June 06, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Anchor host Deb Bowen is joined by Shaman Roger Lockshier and Psychic Medium Anita Self in this exciting episode that takes us far back to our childhood beliefs and travels with us to who we are today - and may become tomorrow!  You'll find yourself in this discussion!

5-29-18 Connecting with Fairies and Magical Creatures Episode 21

May 30, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB

Anchor host Deb Bowen, Soul Spirit Animal Reader Kimberley "Fox" Coffman, and Angel Communicator Sheri Perbeck discuss how we connect with the Fairy Realm and with other magical beings in this week's exciting episode.  Learn ways in which you can increase your abiltiy to connect with them too!  Learn about the gifts they bring to the planet - seen and unseen!  

5-22-18 Seeking Right Questions Episode 20

May 23, 2018 01:00 - 51 minutes - 46.5 MB

Join anchor host and spiritual educator Deb Bowen this week as she journeys through the paths that lead us on our spiritual quests.  What are the important questions to YOU?  How do you know what your learning tasks are in this lifetime?  We will probably never know the all the answers, but when we formulate the questions correctly, we move along as we are meant to!

5-15-18 A Pilgrimage To the Sacred Episode 19

May 16, 2018 01:00 - 57 minutes - 52.1 MB

Is there a place you long to visit because it touches deep in your soul?  Is there a place you know you lived in a past life that calls to you to come home?  How do you make travel sacred?  Anchor host Deb Bowen and Susan Bollinger offer suggestions to you based on their pilgrimages to southwest England. 

Nursing and Intuition with Susan and Anita - Episode 18

May 09, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MB

Join anchor host Spiritual Educator Deb Bowen as she discusses the nursing profession with Susan Bollinger and Anita Self, both professional nurses.  We discuss how one's intuition works with one's professional training, and offer ideas about how you can better use your intuition in your profession.

5-1-18 Beltane: Fire of Earth Episode 17

May 02, 2018 01:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MB

Join Spiritual Educator Deb Bowen, Shaman Roger Lockshier and Soul Animal Spirit Reader Kimberley "Fox" Coffman as we discuss the roots of Beltane, a pagan fertility holiday.  Learn how this ancient ritual speaks to all of us today, and how you can incorporate its symbolism into your life.